2.8% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Argyle · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Argyle
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Argyle relies on a car to get around, as there are no public transport options in the area. Only 2.8% of households live without a motor vehicle, meaning the vast majority of residents depend on private transport for their daily needs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have one or two cars, though 10.4% of households own four or more vehicles. Only 2.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Argyle splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (34%), with 3 vehicles at 16%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 61% of people commuting as a driver. Very few residents work from home (6.1%), which is far below the Victorian figure of 25.7%, and nobody uses public transport to commute.
6.1% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of employed people who got to work by train, bus, ferry or tram/light rail as their only method of travel on census day.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There are no public transport stops or routes in Argyle. This means the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is 0.0, which is far below the state figure of 1,267.9.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
0.0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
A 53-minute walk to the nearest stop is much higher than most areas, reflecting the total lack of local transit. The typical drive time to the city is 79 minutes.
53
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
79
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
More for Argyle
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Argyle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20065/argyle/topic/transport